Los Angeles Airfares

Do you consider yourself a savvy flyer? Learn more below about the following discount carriers serving Los Angeles (LAX). Follow links below to potentially save more on your flight.

Virgin America, Southwest, JetBlue, AirTran, Horizon, Frontier, Sun Country, Spirit and Allegiant are the nine domestic discount carriers that fly into Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), giving travelers enormous potential to land cheap airfares. Virgin America “elevates” from LAX to five cities, including Boston, New York and Washington DC, while Southwest “gets away” to nearly 20, including San Francisco, Phoenix and Chicago. JetBlue jets non-stop from Los Angeles to only Boston and New York, while Allegiant flies direct to 13 “smaller-sized” airports, including Des Moines, Monterey and Wichita. Southwest and Allegiant consider LAX as focus cities.

LAX's lone international low-fare carrier is Canadian-based WestJet.

To avoid crowds, long lines and expensive parking, try one of five smaller airports within a two-hour drive from LAX; Long Beach (LGB), 24 miles, Burbank (BUR), 30 miles, Orange County (SNA), 41 miles, Ontario (ONT), 55 miles, and San Diego (SAN), 125 miles away. LAX is the fifth busiest airport in the world serving more than 60 million passengers per annum.